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![<i>John Armstrong:</i> We must avoid repeat of ugly scene](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>John Armstrong:</i> We must avoid repeat of ugly scene
Will someone in authority please do something this time so we don't get yet another episode like the one outside the Beehive last Friday.
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Duo should forfeit $5m from Allied](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Duo should forfeit $5m from Allied
NZ is a small place. Hotchin may think we have short memories ...
![<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> China ready to back NZ's UN bid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> China ready to back NZ's UN bid
Fran O'Sullivan believes the visit to NZ by Chinese Vice-President Jinping is probably of more long-term importance than a visit by his US counterpart, Joe Biden.
![<i>John Armstrong:</i> Leader careful not to create a maverick](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>John Armstrong:</i> Leader careful not to create a maverick
When your leader sends you home and tells you to consider your political future, you should assume you probably haven't got one.
![<i>Yurika Arai:</i> Don't cast all Japanese as villains in whaling issue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Yurika Arai:</i> Don't cast all Japanese as villains in whaling issue
Yurika Arai explains the Japanese attitude to whale meat.
![Credit card cloud may have silver lining for Labour leader](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Credit card cloud may have silver lining for Labour leader
Phil Goff swiftly punished his wayward MPs and minimised the damage to his party - and to his own position as leader.
![<i>Audrey Young:</i> Foreshore compromise unlikely](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Audrey Young:</i> Foreshore compromise unlikely
National has relaxed the threshold for claiming customary title but the iwi leaders want it relaxed even further.
![<i>John Armstrong:</i> Goff must demote Jones boy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>John Armstrong:</i> Goff must demote Jones boy
For its own sake - if for no other reason - Labour must demote Shane Jones. Moreover, Labour knows it must.
![<i>John Tamihere:</i> Jones tested the system - and failed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>John Tamihere:</i> Jones tested the system - and failed
Misbehaving MP Shane Jones has failed not on a call of judgment but on a call of standards and ethics, writes former Labour minister John Tamihere.
![<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Rates going up but where's the ceiling?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Rates going up but where's the ceiling?
Brian Fallow writes that several factors will influence how often Bollard taps the brakes.
![<i>Rodney Hide:</i> Naysayers miss grand potential of Super City](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Rodney Hide:</i> Naysayers miss grand potential of Super City
Rodney Hide sets out the benefits and answers the critics.
![<i>Pip Cheshire:</i> Super City presents chance to shape Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Pip Cheshire:</i> Super City presents chance to shape Auckland
Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.